Time in Japan 🇯🇵

The current local time in Japan is anchored on Tokyo (Asia/Tokyo, UTC +09:00 · GMT+9).

Tokyo local time

00:38:36

Friday, 23 October 2026 GMT+9

Japan at a glance

Capital: Tokyo
ISO codes: JP · JPN
Clocks in use today: One time zone
tz database zones: 1
Dialing code: +81
Currency: Japanese Yen (JPY)
Work week: Monday to Friday
Weekend: Saturday and Sunday
Drives on the: Left

Time zones in Japan

All of Japan keeps the same clock, UTC +09:00, all year with no daylight saving time.

Zone	Standard	Daylight saving	Clock changes 2026
`Asia/Tokyo` · Tokyo	UTC +09:00	—	None

Tokyo vs. major cities

How far Tokyo is from the world's main business centres right now, what time it is there when the working day starts in Tokyo, and which hours of a 09:00–17:00 day the two places share. Daylight saving changes are applied automatically.

City	Difference	At 09:00 in Tokyo	Shared office hours
New York · United States	−13 h	20:00 (prev. day)	None
Los Angeles · United States	−16 h	17:00 (prev. day)	None
São Paulo · Brazil	−12 h	21:00 (prev. day)	None
London · United Kingdom	−8 h	01:00	None
Paris · France	−7 h	02:00	16:00–17:00
Johannesburg · South Africa	−7 h	02:00	16:00–17:00
Dubai · United Arab Emirates	−5 h	04:00	14:00–17:00
Delhi · India	−3:30 h	05:30	12:30–17:00
Singapore · Singapore	−1 h	08:00	10:00–17:00
Beijing · China	−1 h	08:00	10:00–17:00

Shared office hours are shown in Tokyo time. Compare any set of cities hour by hour in the time zone converter, or pick a slot that suits everyone with the event planner.